Sinclair’s Ripley: Fewer Local TV News Teams Would Strengthen Output

BALTIMORE—During Sinclair Broadcast Group’s Q2 2017 earning call, CEO Chris Ripley made the case that consolidating news operations in a market would lead to “significant savings.” “Right now there are three to five local players, and to us that doesn’t make sense,” Ripley said.

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. announced the winners of its 2017 Broadcast Diversity Scholarship, which was established in 2016 to provide students from diverse backgrounds with the funds they needed to earn degrees in broadcast-related fields.

Sinclair Broadcast Group President and CEO Christopher Ripley doesn’t argue the fact that the broadcaster is one of the largest in the country, but what he does want people to know is that in this new ecosystem it is actually one of the smallest competitors.

Sinclair Broadcast Group and Imagine Communications will collaborate on a next-gen ad management software platform aimed at giving broadcasters the tools needed to take advantage of new money-making models made possible by the next-generation ATSC 3.0 television standard, the station group and company said today.